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Louisiana Drug Trafficker Used Dog and Cockfights to Recruit for His Drug Ring

allan15 years ago15 years ago03 mins

By Matt Castello ticklethewire.com For a big-time Louisiana drug trafficker, the dog and cockfighting ring served as the ideal venue to help expand his drug ring. Pedro Mendez Ramos, of Church Point, La., who authorities described as “an avid pit bull and cock fighter”, used more than 300 gamecocks and 60 pit bulls as a…

Inspector Gen. Report Says FBI and ATF Sometimes Race to Be First to Explosive Scene

allan16 years ago12 years ago02 mins

The Inspector General report simply confirms what’s already been reported and spoken of between agencies. In D.C., there clearly have been turf battles between ATF and the FBI. One of those incidents occurred in 2003 when a North Carolina man with tractor threatened to set off explosives on the Mall in Washington. And that wasn’t…